If Debra, at 62, Wants to Improve Her Health Through

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Multiple Choice

If Debra, at 62, wants to improve her health through weight loss, what should she be told?

• A) "A low-fat diet, good nutrition with multivitamins, and increased exercise will be effective."
• B) "While there is little to do about your current weight, exercise and a good diet will keep you from gaining more weight."
• C) "Weight gain in later adulthood is inevitable and controlled by genetics, so there is nothing you can do."
• D) "Prevention of weight gain must be done in early or middle adulthood; by late adulthood, life style changes are ineffective."

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Definitions:

Puberty

A process of sexual maturing in late childhood related to a wide range of emotional, behavioral, and social changes.

Kisspeptin

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Cytokines

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Culpability

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